UK inflation smashes 40-year high
Food and energy led the 10.1% price spike The UK’s consumer price inflation surged to a new high of 10.1% per annum in July, up from 9.4% in June, according to new estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figure is rapidly drawing closer to the...
Fire in London’s Underground Prompts Evacuation as Plumes of Smoke Seen From Across City
The cause of the fire remains unknown as firefighters are working to contain the blaze and stop it from spreading. Read More
Turkey Proposes to Reform UN to Improve Its Efficiency
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Turkey is proposing to reform the United Nations since the organization is ineffective in addressing ongoing humanitarian crises, creating deadlocks rather than solutions to the global problems, the head of communications in the Turkish presidential...
Former Australia PM says secret powers were needed during COVID-19 crisis
Scott Morrison said Wednesday that giving himself extra powers when he was Australia’s prime minister was necessary during the coronavirus crisis, as criticism rose the moves were deceptive and undemocratic. Read More
Russian Defense Cooperation Body Says Russia, Myanmar Discussed New Weapon Sales
KUBINKA, Russia (Sputnik) - Russia and Myanmar discussed the supply of new weapons, including armored vehicles, to the Asian country during the visit of Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing in July, a senior Russian defense cooperation official told Sputnik on...
Rwanda Gov’t Accused of Using Torture, Killings as ‘Accepted Methods’ of Control: Report
In April, the UK clinched a deal with Rwanda that stipulates illegal migrants arriving in Britain via the English Channel will be sent to the East African nation, where their asylum claims will be processed. Read More
China’s power crisis in Sichuan sparks widespread rationing amid ‘crazy hot’ conditions
Sichuan was mostly spared from nationwide power cuts in 2021 that resulted from a lack of coal, but now droughts are crippling the hydroelectric power supply that the province depends on. Read More
German energy provider faces huge losses
Russia Dismantles Hizb ut-Tahrir Cell Coordinated By Ukraine in Crimea: Federal Security Service
Hong Kong property developer Chinese Estates books profit, offloads HK$185.3 million in Evergrande shares
Tributes pour in as founding chairman of Malaysia’s DAP, Dr Chen Man Hin, dies aged 97
More Hong Kong children sent to hospital with Covid-related croup, veteran paediatrician warns, as city logs 5,757 cases
‘Best Deal’: Indian Foreign Minister Hits Back at Western Criticism For Buying Russian Oil
UK Workers Lack ‘Skill and Application’: Liz Truss in Leaked Audio
